The Lost Gold of Burkina Faso – A Parliamentary Inquiry into the Mining Sector
Katja Werthmann (SFB 1199 & Leipzig U)
Publication Date
December 2016
Publisher
Resource Worlds
Language
English
Type
Article
Additional Information
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Resource Worlds explores the ways in which natural resources and their extraction shape and affect societies, global connections, and individual lifeworlds.
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Biographical Note
Prof. Dr. Katja Werthmann (SFB 1199 & Institute of African Studies, Leipzig University, Germany)
Katja Werthmann is a professor of African society, politics, and economics at the Institute for African Studies (Leipzig U, Germany). As of 2016, she is part of the Collaborative Research Centre (SFB) 1199: “Processes of Spatialization under the Global Condition” and leading the project B6: “Gold Mining and New Regulations of (Sub)National Spaces in Africa”.